Fueling-barge.



' Patented June I9, 1900.

S. B. PECK. FUELING BARGE.

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.S. B. P ECK FUELING BARGE.

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FUELING RABBI-L,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STAUNTON B. PECK', OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE LINK BELT MACHINERY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FUELlNG-BARGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,931, dated June 19, 1900.

i Application filed October 2, 1899. Serial No. '73 2,307. No model.)

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Be it known that I, STAUNTON B. Pnox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of I1li nois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin'Fueling-Barges, of which the following is a specification;

My invention relates to devices for delivering material, such as coal and the like, from one vesselto another, and has forits object to provide a new and improved construction for this purpose.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side .elevation, with parts omitted, of a fueling-barge provided with devices embodying my invention. plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view of the device illustrated in 'Fig. 1 with the elevator broken away. Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the barge. Fig. 5 isa section through the hopper on line 5 5, Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a View, with parts omitted, of a modified construction.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

I have illustrated my invention as applied to a fueling-barge to be used in loading vessels of various kinds. Itis of course evident that the invention may be applied to any form v of barge or vessel usedto load any kind of material.

My invention is particularly adapted for handling material such as coal, which is injured by breakage if not handled properly.

The barge herein illustrated is provided with a series of bunkers A, in which the material is stowed, said bunkers being provided with suitably-controlled openings, so that the material contained therein may be gradually emptied into the space A between the bunkers, and thus be acted upon by a suitable conveyer B, contained-within said space. As herein illustrated, this conveyer consists of a continuous chain'B, provided'with a series of engaging devices or buckets B This conveyer is preferably substantially the length of the barge and may be termed a fixed conveyer. Located above the fixed conveyer is an adjustable or swinging conveyer F, mounted upon a rotatable support or mast E.

Fig. 2 is a This adjustable conveyer is adapted to carry the material to a point where it may be discharged into the receiving vessel. Said conveyer is movably connected to the support E, so that its discharge end may be raised or lowered to discharge with relation to the vessel in connection with which it is used. This result may be attained in any inanneras,

the entire support or mast being rotatably mounted upon a suitable base and being held in position by the braces E The support is rotated by the engagement of the gear E at its bottom with a suitable gear E on the shaft E operatively connected with the motor D. The gear E may be operatively connected with the shaft by a suitable clutch'E. The adjustable conveyer F is operated by means of the shaft E, which engages the motor-shaft E and which is operatively connected with the continuous chain of the conveyer by means of the beveled gears I and the gearwheels I. (See Fig. 5.) A suitable elevating device is provided for carrying the material from the fixed conveyer B to the adjustable conveyer F. This elevating device may be separate from both conveyors, or it may be formed, as shown in Fig. 1, as continuous with the fixed conveyer, the direction of the conveyer being changed at one end of the barge by means of the pulleys B so that at this point it acts as an elevator. The upper end of the conveyer passes over the pulleys B and B and the arrangement is such that the material in the buckets will be emptied into a hopper 0, connected with the rotatable support E. The pulleys B are located between the pulleys B and B so as to change the direction of the conveyer when the buckets have been emptied, so that it will notengage the hopper O. Said conveyer is operated by the motor D--as, for example, by being connected with the motor-shaft by the belt J. The hopper C may be of any suitable construction andis preferably arranged so as to res ceive the material from the fixed conveyer B during all thevari'ous positions of the'support' E and discharge it into the adjustable or swinging conveyer F. As herein illustrated, said hopper is formed so asto surround the mast and is provided with an inclined or beveled bottom 0, (see Fig. 5,) so as to insure" the discharge of the material onto the adj ustable conveyer justable conveyer F, which extends over the side of the vessel. This adjustable conveyer mechanically moves the coal to its discharge end, and the coal is then dropped only the comparatively-short distance of the height of the gunwale of the boat without having ac- V quired momentum by the passage down the jch-ute,

It will be seen that by this construction a mparatively-short mast may be used, and

As illustrated in Fig. 6, the elevating device instead of being continuous with the .fixed conveyer B is continuous with the ad-M is carried out to the point of delivery ofthe adjustable conveyer without change.

I have described in detail particular constructions embodying my invention; but itis of. course evident that these constructions may be greatly varied in many particulars and still be Within my invention, and I therefore. do. not limitmyself to the constructions shown. V

The use and operation of my invention are as foll'o'wsz It. is customary in loading coal,

vate the coal some distance above the. gunwale of the boa-tand then deposit it in a chute, along which it is'carried by the forceof gravity and discharged with great force into the As the chute must beof some length.

vessel. and as it must be inclined something like forty-five degrees to permit the coal to be started in motion therealong by the force ofgiavity, it will be seen that the end of the chute attached to the barge must be elevated to a considerable height and that the coal must also be carried up this distance It will andjtends to tip the barge over. be seen that when the coal is started in mo-. tion down this long chute its speed is gradually increased and it is discharged into the vessel with great force. This is very objec tio'nable in many ways, as the coal is very materially injured by breakage and the vessel is also injured by the blows of the heavier. pieces of coal.

When my construction isused, all these and like difficulties are obviated; If, for example, it is desired to convey 5 coal from a barge intothe vessel, (shown in Fig. 3,) the openings in the bunkers are arranged to allow the coal to gradually enter.

for example, from a barge into a vessel to eIethe center of gravity of the parts is materially lowered by the fact that the receiving end of theadjnstable conveyermay be placed as low, if not lower, than the gunwale of the boat. It will also beseen'that the coal need only be elevated a short distance in order to deposit it in. the receiving end of the adjustable conveyer.

The coal may be deposited in dif- 1 ferent parts of the vessel by rotating the mast E so as to change the position of the discharge end of the adjustable conveyer.

tion of the mast also permits the coal to be l'oaded'from either side of the barge. When the fixed conveyer B once engages thecoal,

it takes it up to the hopper O and avoids the breakage attending the change from the hori- 1 zontal conveyer to the elevator.

1 be seen that by the construction herein shown the breakage of the coal is reduced to a mini- 'mum.

When it is desired to rotate the mast {so as to change the point of delivery of the imaterial from the adjustable conveyer, the clutch E is operated seas to connect the mast with the motor. When it is desired to vary flthe height of the discharge end of said conjiveyer, the winding-drum isoperati-velycon inected with the motor.

It will be seen that i of the coal is very materially reduced. When the device is constructed asshown in- Fig. 6, the fixed conveyer discharges into; theeleva itor at the bottom of the mast, and the-material is then mechanically moved-withoutfurther handling to the dischargeend of the ad- ;j-ustable conveyer. be seen that such aconstruction is top heavy It will also. i

I claim-=- 1. A device for handling materiahcompris- 1 in g afixed conveyer, an adjustable conveyer,

a movablesupport to which said adjustable conveyen is movably attached, an elevating device for conveying, the material fromsaid its various positions.

A veyer.

2. Adevice for handling material, comprising a barge provided with a fixed-conveyer, a rotatable supportmou-nted upon said barge, an adjustable conveyer connected with said support so as to rotate therewith, and an elevating device for conveying the-material from the fixed conveyer to the adjustable con- This rota-- It will thus 7 3. A device for hand-lingcoal,comprisinga fixed conveyer changed in direction for a portion of its length so as to act as an elevator, a movable support, an adjustable conveyer movably connected with said support, so that its discharge end may be varied in position, the receiving end of said adjustable conveyer in proximity to the discharge end of the fixed conveyor and adapted to receive the material discharged therefrom in all its various positions.

4. A device for transferring material from one vessel to another, comprising afixed conveyer associated with one vessel changed in direction for a portion of its length so as to form an elevator, a rotatable mast in proximity to the discharge end of the elevator portion of said conveyer, an adjustable conveyer inovably connected with said mast and having its receiving end in position to receive the material fromsaid fixed conveyer and convey it to the point desired.

5. A fueling-barge, comprising a fixed conveyer extending substantially the length of the barge and changed in direction at one end thereof so as to act as an elevator, a rotatable mast in proximity to the discharge end of the elevator part of said conveyer, an adjustable conveyer movably connected with said mast and having its end in position to receive the material from the fixed conveyer, and a controlling device for controlling the position of the discharge end of said adjust able conveyer.

6. A fueling-barge, comprising a fixed conveyer changed in direction near one end of the barge so as to form an elevator, a rota= table mast on said barge, an adjustable conveyer movably connected therewith, a hopper interposed between the adjustable conveyer and the discharge end of the elevator portion of said fixed conveyer, said hopper adapted to receive the material from the fixed conveyer when the mast is in various positions and deposit it upon said adjustable conveyer.

7. A fueling-barge, comprising a fixed conveyer changed in direction near one end of the barge so as to form an elevator, a rotatable mast on said barge, an adjustable conveyer movably attached to said mast, a hopper extending part way around-the mast and interposed between the adjustable conveyer and the discharge end of the elevator portion of said fixed conveyer, said hopper provided with an inclined bottom which guides the coal onto the adjustable conveyer in all the various positions of said mast,

8. A device for handling-material, compris ing a barge provided with a fixed conveyer, a rotatable support mounted upon said barge, an adjustable conveyer connected with said support so as to rotate therewith to be ad justed in a horizontal plane, an adjustable device for moving said adjustable conveyer in a vertical plane, and an elevating device for conveying the material from the fixed conveyer to the adjustable conveyer.

STAUNTON B. PECK.

Witnesses:

DONALD M. CARTER, HOMER L. KRAFT. 

